Thank you for excellent video. My Maytag washer was directly start agitating without filling water either at the beginning OR during rinse. I suspected it is timer, so used your video as guide to repair it and saw 2 pins got shorted inside, so separated them, filed and put it back. It is working fine now. You saved me $100+ just for part and repairmen asked $300 parts+labor for repair. It hardly took 30 min to do this repair myself using your video. Part that I repaired was W10111389.

Thank you! You are a genius - seriously we are living in a crazy time right now and my washing machine broke at what has to be the worst time imaginable - I watched countless videos, replaced parts, and just about gave up except it would be over a week before the repairman could come out, and longer if a part had to be ordered before the machine would be working. Then I found your simple to follow Video, and tried it, it worked! I can not thank you enough!

Honestly, exactly the type of DYI repair video I needed! Especially when the parts are not made sicne 10 years ago!

Although I have a 20+ year-old Kenmore 90 series which uses a completely different timer that is not "repair friendly" (bent metal tabs hold it together), seeing the innards of your timer and the cleaning of the contacts allowed me to bring my Kenmore timer back to life. Thanks for the video!

Thank you for making this video. It gave me the confidence to open up my timer. My issue was simply that there was a *ton* of lint around the leaf switches. Vacuuming out all of that lint fixed the issue and saved me at least 300 dollars.

This was exactly what I needed to get my dishwasher going again. Thanks a ton!! I was able to to trace the problem to the timer...then to one circuit in the timer, but wasn't sure how to repair. Turns out cleaning the contacts was the fix.

Excellent instructions on howto fix a washer timer for a Whirlpool top load washer. Thank YOU!

Great video, I was able to take apart and fix my timer on a 20 year old Maytag washer that was otherwise in good shape. I did break a few plastic tab pieces from the timer but it seemed quite secure when i put it together anyway. 20 year old plastic is brittle. Thanks! Saved me about $150 for now.

It worked for me! A new timer is $130 so this was a Godsend. Thank you so much!

I'm very mechanically inclined AND YOU MADE THE MYSTERY BOX LOOK SO EASY ! thanks.

Dude... Thank you!!! Just fixed the timer on my wrillpool!!!! We made the same mistake of not alligning the thing when putting the timer back together and we had to take it out again like 3 times till we desided to watch the whole video... Thanks a lot!!!!

I think the agitation delay circuit board (the little white thingy) that you disconnected from the timber is my washers problem. This video is super helpful. Thanks Adam!

Too easy!!! A great simple video and took care of the problem... THANK YOU!!

Your video put me on the right track. It wasn't draining after agitation. My extra problem was 1 contact/switch was fused/ stuck together. I used a hacksaw blade to seperate them and filed the remainder down. Put it back together and it works fine. My other comment is everyone else said it was a lid switch, but if it fills and agitates then the switch is working. Best as I can tell, it either is working or not all the time the lid is closed.

I was ready to replace the whole washer timer. I am going to try this first. I am having a tough time removing the entire assembly. Very tight in there. I will look for a video on how to disengage the washer timer. Thank you very much.

This actually worked for me! We were having issues that were obviously timer related. The only thing is, I couldn't get my plastic tabs to unsnap without cracking 3. But it's held up for one wash!

Just like cleaning and re-gapping a sparkplug on a lawnmower to get another summer out of it. Your video gave me some clues on what to expect on the inside of the timer. Cleaning now. Crazy how much even a used replacement costs for a 20 year old washer. You hopefully just saved me a 150$.

Wow, I'm loving the possible DYI repair. THANKS

Excellent video. It helped me a lot today. Thanks for posting.

Fascinating, especially the pin part.

Thanks!, This video saved me $200!!!

Adam thanks for the video. My Maytag was stuck on agitate. After watching your video I removed the timer and used a small file to clean the contacts and now it is working great. A new timer without shipping would have costed me 106.00 and I made the repair for free. Great video!!!!

Thanks for this video. Helped me fix my washer. Saved me 250 bucks

Thank you! My car is working now.

Thanks Adam! Followed your great video lead, my Whirlpool a little different but same mechanical fingers with points. Got it fixed and saved myself big $$s!! Glenn

Hoping this works for me. The replacement part I need is super expensive and even if I was ready to pay for it everywhere online is "out of stock" so I can't get it anyway.

Awesome video!!! The timer on our Whirlpool washing machine was failing. I looked into replacement and the part alone was well over $300. I then found this video and decided "why not, what do I have to lose?" I removed the timer, opened up the timer and I could clearly see that many of the contacts were contaminated/tarnished. I cleaned off the tarnish with steel wool, reassembled, reinstalled and ... YAY, we once again have a functioning washing machine ... all thanks to this video :) Thank You Thank You Thank You. Big hug \_._{"}_._/

Thank you! Very helpful video!

I choose to repair, not just "replace"... relays are easy to replace on control boards and cost 10 bucks vs 200 for a board... good video.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge my friend ✌

en verdad me sacaste de un problema ya que pense que lo estaba armando mal pero solo era cuestion de cerrarlo completamente gracias

I had a problem where the washer would work intermittently and the timer wouldn't run. I suspected a clock motor and ordered that, then decided to check those reed switches. I found the circuit that provides power to the clock motor was dirty and cleaned that set of contacts using that exact same tool you have. I use that contact burnisher for a lot of fine electrical contact work and it does a great job. Replacing the controller can cost in excess of $160 and cleaning the contacts is a lot less expensive. Great vid.

Thank you Adam,I appreciate you

Thanks for posting an sharing! Cheers..

this was great. i cleaned up my pins easily..they come apart which made it even easier to access both sides....it did fix one problem....(previously i took things apart to deep clean the washer)...must have done something when reinstalling....agitated when it was first filling.....then after messing with it forever...agitating went away and only spun dry....i swapped out the water sensor as the likely culprit but new part didnt fix anything...i think my water valve blew a fuse or broke or something...i tried a Multimeter but it seemed ok...im not great with a MM...but after cleaning the timer...it seemed to narrow things down to a water value issue...at least after a good cleaning on the timer. i appreciate the video so i dont waste money and time on a timer if it isnt that

Great video, love from phoenix Arizona

Adam your video was exactly what I needed to see in order to refurbish my timer. I have yet to do it though. Can you tell me more about using contact cleaners alone with the file. What I'm asking is some contact cleaners also claim to add a layer of protection against corrosion while cleaning the contact. I'm fairly sure I'll have to file my contacts as they remind me of the old auto ignition points. I'd like to find a product to help prevent future contact arcing.

Awesome, Thank you so much! My family and I really appreciate it! Have a wonderful day!

Great video, it saved the day and money.

gracias excelente video master

Excelente explicación gracias

GRACIAS.- EXELENTE VIDEO.. SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO ..

Amazing how many function that little timer control yet so simple. thanks enjoyed the video

muchas gracias e reparado varios programadores con tu vídeo ya que acá en Colombia este es muy costoso desde medellin colombia

my agitator wasn't working . took the timer out and filed the contacts and works like new . Great video .

Without removing the to gear (assuming this could be even done without damaging the assembly) it seems that reinserting the pin block with the gear and pin actuators in place risks not having the pins in the pin block not seating properly or maybe becoming damaging. Mind you ive never done this so this is all just a guess. Am i making sense?

Thanks for you explanation on this video.

Like filing the points on an old Points and Ignition on older cars... but about a dozen more at a time. But back in the days before the all solid state ignition systems of today, used to go to auto parts stores you could get IGNITION POINT FILES.

Great viseo. Thank you.

This helped me understand.

You're awesome, Thank you sir. I appreciate you!

Hey this video might be 4 years old but it helped fix my washer last night.. thank you and thanks to everyone that puts out money saving videos like this. 👍

Thank you !

Hi Adam, my problem is with the on/off switch, dont make click so i cant turn off/on the washer, but your video is helpful anyway

thanks dude

I love this video. I bought a replacement timer for my roper ras7133rq4 washer before coming across your video. When installing the replacement timer, the pin inside the shaft will not slide down so I am unable to put the timer knob on as the final step in timer replacement. Do you have any suggestions? Does it need to be in a certain position to get it to slide down? My original timer did not have this problem. ☹ I took my old timer apart and cleaned the prongs as you suggested but the plastic part inside the timer is burnt so I don’t know if it will work.

INTERESTING !!

Man, you saved me $120. Thanks.

I should clean the contact pines with isoprophylic alcohol and lubricate softly the rotating gear, with this you assure a best performance.

Perfect! However, cleaning the contacts didn’t fully repair our timer. Almost looks like ours may have been refurbished or something, I don’t know. Either way, I really appreciate this video!

Le agradesco gracias a este video yo arregle mi lavadora xk ya no jalaba segui tal cual el prosedimiento y ya jalo otra ves mi lavadora..pues esa pieza negra en sepulveda esta en 3000 oy 16 de sep.fuy a preguntar..

Thank you so much

Hey bro great vid. I was wondering if we could put some dielectric grease to maybe help.

I'm trying this tomorrow. Mine cost 199 to replace. Im doing this first.

Tks a lot..Gracias

Most of these plastic timers are almost impossible to reassemble. Not to mention filing them is at best a temporary fix. If the contacts are that burnt, they will continue to burn up. I've fixed hundreds of machines with timer problems and filing might buy you a couple of months or a couple of days. ;) Its best to just replace timer.

should I replace the dial motor if the settings don't match up with knob

Lost tech - distributor points file from pre-electronic ignition in a 50s to 70s car. Try to keep the point so that they maintain contact across the whole surface. This minimizes the current density and minimizes the chance for further arcing.

My problem is,i hear the clicking but the timer doesn't advance. Do u think its the same problem as you had? As i say i hear the clicking but no advancing. I'll try and open anyway. For a hundred and fifty bucks, it's worth a shot. Thanks.

Nice tip! Can take a week and cost a couple of hundred dollars, esp. here in Canada, to replace this type of timers.

Woah, my timer is way different. But this principle is the same. In the smaller timer I have, the "finger" contact section slides out of the main body very easily. Two tabs (one hidden) pop it out, and then that part slides out to where you can see the rotating part. Somehow, my whole timer was not working or advancing, so the contact cleaning part was less important than correcting the part that must have jammed all of the contacts. It looks like mine is working now

Adam, thanks for the help, also where do we find the tool you are using, if you have a link or the name would be helpful

I'm sorry your video was excellent.

Adam -- It would have been instructive to show the technique for opening the timer case such that the detent is disengaged without damaging the brittle plastic lip holding it in place. I was proceeding to gingerly unclamp the first detent and saw that I would have irrevocably cracked the plastic lip that holds the detent in place, so I halted. The part is over 10 years old and appears to be brittle by now. Obviously, the timer was not engineered to be repaired i.e., disassembled. The new part runs from $100 - $200, depending on vendor, so I sure wish I could clean up the leaf switches myself.

Hello, I have a kenmore model 110.12852100 and my timer’s model no is 3952958 (the beige one). My problem is that when the cycle gets to spin, I hear the motor (or the pump?), but the drum doesn’t spin, so my clothes are still soaking wet. I’ve checked my timer and the connections seem to be super clean. I still sanded them a little, but the problem is still there. What else do you think it could be ? Thanks !

do you have a video that explain how to read the timer sequence chart or if not do you know a web site that has it ,I am trying to learn to read the time sequence chart ,thank you

What if the problem is the timer doesn't turn on its own si that repairable?

Hi, are all pins open after cleaning them? I mean, they must have continuity only after pressing them?

Any videos on how to fix a misaligned washer dial for centennial 210140921d

Se ve excelente la espiración pero no se ablar en inglés por fabor traducirlo a español nesecito esa información para reparar esos temporizador espero respuesta gracias

Would that cause a buzzing noise to come from the timer? If I open the console and flip it horizontal it's quiet again, then buzzes when I put it back down... Maybe something loose?

I have a question for you. I took apart the same model timer as you have in the video . I felt that all was good with what I done inside to clean the contacts . When I reinstalled timer into the washer how the washer is not in time with the timer position. Example if you have the arrow on the timer knob on off it maybe filling the washer with water. How do I retime the timer to washer?

How is the large white gear removed. I have problems with contacts welded together under white gear.

I got the control panel up but my clips fell in the washer so how do i get my clips out and it did not say how to take the old timer out to replace it

Mine is a white westinghouse, it I 30yrs old and the part has been discontinued. So this is what I will try, I hope it works, stay tuned.

I'm 99% sure this is my problem. I can't wait to go home and fix it myself!

That would adjust a setting not working when set on it but i wouldnt effect it automatically changing between them

I used the CRC to cleaning the timer of GE WDSR2080GWW which is the muscles American washing machine then i take sand paper and try to clean this copper after that used Vaseline not grease because it plastic and grease the teeth gear check the continuity then it done it work again the problem there is no spare part of this timer in saudi arabia they trying to kill this washing machine and every machine 110 v i don’t now way

Where did you get such a small point file? thanks

Thanks for posting this. I have the same washer. Are some of the contacts supposed to be permanently touching? It looks like some are intentionally bent to stay connected. Problem I’m having: When I turn the washer on instead of only opening valve to fill it starts agitating as well. Then when it finishes the cycle it adds water instead of finishing on a Spin cycle.

hi I have a kitchen air washer . that quit agatahing . and justs keep filling up with water . . so I took the timmer apart and up on trying to pull it apart it pinch the hell out of my finger . it is not easy as you show . . and I talk to aplance repair shop and thay told me I cant use a deferent timmer . or water level switch . I don't see why not as long as the plugs match up I gave you a good video . /

The spring clips at 1:02 is what broke. I need to know how to replace that so my know will stay on.

We're can I go to buy new contacts for my timer?

Do someone knows if this trick will fix a timer that is stuck in a cycle, i mean my washer is filling water, starting washing the clothes but it keeps going on washing for hours and the time is still at the start not moving. I pull the knob, turn it one or two click away, push the knob back, and there the timer start moving again and finish all the rest of the cycles. ?? Can it fix my issue ?

Just did it for my timer, some pins were black, i use sanding paper, checked with multimeter and everything was ok but didnt fix my issue. If somebody have an idea: i always use the "regular" mode, it fills water and starts washing but keeps washing forever, the knob "jam" always at the same place in the cycle, it pull the the knob, turn it 1 mini click further and push the knob down, it starts washing again and finish everything as should be... i doubt it is the little motor inside...

What is the tool you used to clean called?

hey Adam... would this fix help me with a washing machine that gets stuck filling and doesn't stop until I stop it?? please help.. thanks Tony

thnx

Great idea but getting the leaf switch pack back in correctly is another story. Why didn't you show this part?

After I clean my timer and put it back together......... the knob feels softer to dial, I don't know what happened. ( it just doesn't make that Click noise as I'm turning the settings)